Stephen Law

This is the website/blog of Philosopher Stephen Law. Stephen is Provost of Centre for Inquiry UK, Senior Lecturer in philosophy at Heythrop College, University of London, and editor of the Royal Institute of Philosophy journal THINK. He has published several books (see sidebar). His other blog is THE OUTER LIMITS: http://www.centerforinquiry.net/blogs/blibnblob
For school talks and media email Stephen: think-at-royalinstitutephilosophy.org

Thank
you to the organisers for inviting me to participate in this excellent event.
I'm delighted to be here.

In
one of his online resources Peter Payne says, and I quote:

"The
net of scientific method, namely the net of hypothesis and experimental/observational
test, is unable to demonstrate either the truth or falsity of the Christian
faith, for it is simply the wrong kind of net to capture what is
relevant."

Peter
is not alone in thinking Christianity is off limits to science, of course. Many
Christians would agree with him. However it seems to me Peter's claim is pretty
clearly wrong. Science can be a threat to religious beliefs, and indeed
to Christian belief. I'm going to explain how. Continues here.